Mercher, 9 Chwefror 1949
The House met at Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Wednesday next.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he is taking to prevent unfair competition in British export markets by German manufacturers with factories in the Bizone.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the type and number of aircraft being used by Airflight Limited for taking part in the air lift to Berlin; what is the total cost to date...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he proposes to take to promote the adoption by U.N.O. of the Draft Covenant of Human Rights, which will follow up the Universal...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what grounds, other than a law of 1938, dating from the Nazi regime, the German Administrative Government of Schleswig-Holstein have denied the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement on the recent agreement with Yugoslavia; and, in particular, why he agreed to payments being spread over a period...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what principles he determines when to request permission for official British observers to attend trials in foreign countries, other than the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that it is the policy of His Majesty's Government that no obligations will be entered into under the terms of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now state the pay and allowances of U.S. surveyors employed in British Colonies; and whether he will say how the rates compare with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what effect the drought in Africa, south of the Equator, is having on food crops; and what action is being taken against famine.
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what schemes have now been approved by the Colonial Development Corporation and by the Overseas Food Corporation in Colonial...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the outstanding orders of steel rails for Tanganyika and Kenya; and to what extent have orders been met in the last six months.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the reason for the Meat Marketing Board in Kenya prohibiting movement of slaughter stock from pastoral areas; if he can give an assurance...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent there is a black market in meat in Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what plans have been developed for rapidly increasing groundnut production in West Africa.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action has been taken to end the policy of racial segregation of customers in the post office at Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia; and if he is aware...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reasons the mass education project in Nyasaland has been abandoned.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many British soldiers stationed in Malaya have been charged with crimes against civilians; and what have been the offences for which they have...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now state how many British films have been banned at Singapore since 1945; and what are the names of these films.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the improvement of the situation in Malaya, he will consider what steps can be taken to meet any future Communist attempts in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in order to restore peaceful conditions in Malaya, he has sought the cooperation of Lieut.-Colonel Spencer Chapman or other officers who...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that in Singapore a tenant is not allowed by law to let his house whilst on home leave nor leave it empty, the result of which is that...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many of the 5,291 persons detained in Malaya and Singapore without charge on 21st January have made an objection to the Advisory Committees; how...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the report of the U.N.O. scientists that the swollen-shoot disease threatens the very existence of the Gold Coast cocoa...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why it is still considered essential for entry permits to be obtained by would be travellers to Malta; and in view of the delay occasioned by...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Conciliation Board appointed in Mauritius in August, 1947, to consider the salaries of Government primary school...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can report any progress on the proposed Owen River hydro-electric scheme in Uganda.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many circulars have been sent to the Governor of the Leeward Islands during the past nine months; and if he will give a list of the subjects with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what grants in aid have been paid to the Government of the Leeward Islands; and for what purposes during the past nine months.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what date the Governor of the Leeward Islands was recalled by him to London; and why.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what hospital facilities exist in the Leeward Islands; and what is the number of beds per head of the population.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what methods of chaining are used in prisons in the Leeward Islands; and what reports he has received on this matter from the Governor.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Commissions have reported on conditions in the West Indies; and what steps have been taken to implement them.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many banana-carrying ships were owned by Jamaica in April, 1939; how many are now so owned; how many Jamaican vessels were sunk in the late war;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies till when he proposes that Mr. Anthony Brooke shall be excluded from Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei.
asked the Minister of Defence how many recruits were obtained as a result of the Prime Minister's recent broadcast speech.
asked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the fact that nine months have elapsed since the setting up of the British Electricity Authority, he has yet been able to ascertain what...
asked the Minister of Food if he will give an assurance that his Department will not in the future sell sweets to be sold off the ration to a distributor without first obtaining competitive...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. GRANVILLE SHARP:
(by Private Notice)asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make as to the method by which the British Delegation to the European Assembly is to be chosen, and whether he can...
I wish, Mr. Speaker, with permission, to make a statement. As the House will be aware, a motor pinnace containing fifty-one liberty men from H.M.S. "Illustrious" was sunk on the night of 17th...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84.—[King's Recommendation signified.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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